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Thy Quotes by John Donne
- Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect…
- Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.
- Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest,…
- If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but…
- From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must flow, And soonest our best men with thee…
- Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms, can make us…
- Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
- Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
- No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be…
- Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.…
- Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.
- Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their…
- A bride, before a "Good-night" could be said, Should vanish from her clothes into her bed, As souls from bodies steal, and are not spied.…
- Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both, and all, and…
- Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? Must to thy motions lovers'seasons run? Saucy pedantic…
- Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.
- No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be…
- But our old subtle foe so tempteth me That not one hour I can myself sustain. Thy grace may wing me to prevent his art,…
More Thy Quotes
- I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation. — William Shakespeare
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- . . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the… — William Shakespeare
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars… — Ernst Gottlieb Baron